The Green Bay Packers made their offseason choice loud and clear: they’re standing by Matt LaFleur.
That call came after a playoff exit that still hangs over the franchise. Green Bay took a double-digit fourth-quarter collapse against the Chicago Bears, a loss that raised real questions about the direction of the team and the man in charge. Instead of pulling back, the Packers doubled down with an extension for LaFleur, signaling that they believe he’s still the right coach to lead them forward.
The numbers behind the trust are hard to ignore. LaFleur is 3-6 in the playoffs, and only one of those wins came with Jordan Love as the starting quarterback.
Since Love took over, Green Bay is 1-3 in the postseason. That’s the backdrop for what became the defining offseason decision: continuing to bet on LaFleur.
It wasn’t just the extension. The way the Packers handled the rest of the offseason pointed in the same direction.
They didn’t make a major push for top free agents, and they also went into the 2026 offseason without their own first-round pick because of the Micah Parsons trade. That leaves the team leaning heavily on internal development.
That’s where LaFleur’s role becomes even bigger. Green Bay is banking on him to move past the playoff collapse and help develop the talent already on the roster. It’s a gamble, but not an irrational one given what he’s done since the end of the Aaron Rodgers era.
The Packers have remained one of the league’s more creative offensive teams, and that continuity has carried over with Love under center. LaFleur deserves plenty of credit for that. The issue is what happens when the games get tighter and the stakes rise.
This season now feels like the next test. Green Bay needs at least one playoff win, along with the kind of growth expected from its young players. If that doesn’t happen, the conversation around LaFleur will circle right back to how the 2025 season ended.
For now, though, the Packers have made their position unmistakable. Their defining offseason decision was putting heavy faith in a head coach coming off one of the toughest moments of his career.
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